Players · T · Pitcher · 2026
Justin Topa
- Age
- 35
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Number
- #56
- Born
- March 7, 1991 in Binghamton, NY, United States
- MLB debut
- September 1, 2020
- Drafted
- 2012, round 33
- College
- LIU Brooklyn
- High school
- Chenango Valley
- Salary, 2026
- $225,000
- dbWAR
- 2.3 8 season(s)
- IP
- 22.0
- ERA
- 6.95
- FIP
- 6.01
- K/9
- 6.1
- FIP−
- 144 100 = avg
Justin Topa is a relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2026 he struck out 15 batters over 22.0 innings across 25 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 6.95 is 66.5% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the worst on his team, and 524th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.01 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 16.6% of swings (7.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.9%. His -0.3 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | MIN/NYY | 25 | 0 | 22.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 6.95 | 6.01 | 1.95 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 166 | 144 | -0.3 | |
| 2025 | MIN | 54 | 1 | 60.0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 68 | 26 | 49 | 18 | 3.90 | 3.04 | 1.43 | 7.3 | 2.7 | 94 | 73 | 1.2 | |
| 2024 | MIN | 3 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.45 | 0.43 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0 | 36 | 0.1 | |
| 2023 | SEA | 75 | 0 | 69.0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 61 | 20 | 61 | 18 | 2.61 | 3.15 | 1.14 | 8.0 | 2.3 | 60 | 73 | 1.3 | |
| 2022 | MIL | 7 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.91 | 3.66 | 1.77 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 124 | 92 | 0.1 | |
| 2021 | MIL | 4 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 29.70 | 11.27 | 3.90 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 696 | 264 | -0.2 | |
| 2020 | MIL | 6 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2.35 | 1.76 | 0.91 | 14.1 | 0.0 | 53 | 39 | 0.3 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | MIL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -118 | -0.0 | — |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 40 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 7 | .286 | .350 | .429 | .343 | 17.5% |
| vs RHB | 68 | 57 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 8 | .368 | .456 | .561 | .443 | 11.8% |
Pitch sequencing
What Justin Topa throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Sinker | 168 | 93.5 | 2,186 | 44.0% | 12.7% | 39 | .436 | 1.050 | |
| Cutter | 110 | 91.5 | 2,315 | 48.2% | 17.6% | 18 | .167 | .733 | |
| Sweeper | 82 | 81.8 | 2,631 | 35.4% | 20.7% | 16 | .313 | 1.103 | |
| Changeup | 54 | 86.2 | 1,831 | 35.2% | 20.0% | 19 | .316 | .707 |
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.